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Kanji for Resonance
The kanji for “resonance” is 響, read kyou and written in 20 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
響
resonance
To echo and resound; words that reach the heart.
20 strokes On reading キョウ (kyou) Kun reading ひびく (hibiku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kyou, hibi
In Japan it appears in about 144 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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